After waiting awhile after GRC completed our bathroom in June 2023, I was hesitant to write a review over the frustration with this company and it's ownership. After reading Google and Yelp reviews from people with similar bad experiences, I am going to share what we experienced. First, we too had severe delays due to the same copied and pasted explanations from GRC about storms in Texas, supply chain issues, etc. After waiting for weeks beyond after we were told our materials would arrive, we decided to call the manufacturer directly. Amazing how quickly our materials were delivered afterwards. Professionalism: the owner Michael demonstrated none. His profanity laced tirades to his wife and employees was shocking. F-bombs everywhere, loud enough for neighbors to hear. Communication about the progress of the job that went on longer than promised (this is our only bathroom) was non-existent. The crew never showed up until about noon, and sometimes stayed until 9PM on a work night. Workmanship: mediocre at best, unskilled caulking. We had water damage in the subflooring and getting them to fully restore/repair it properly was just not an option they were willing to do, as it took me pointing out how far the water damage had progressed. At the end of the job, there was no walk through or questions asked about whether we had questions or concerns about the job. I waited patiently to see if Michael would bring up anything, such as the horrible job done with installation of the pocket door I purchased (coordinated and cleared with Michael eventually after far too much trouble involving his mother Laurie). Long story short.... the pocket door was not even trimmed out. After me pointing out the lack of trim around the door, Michael yelled at me for waiting until he put away all of his tools. He and his employees then did a rush job of putting trim around the door. They used MDF that they had left for days out in the rain on concrete, causing the paint to be damaged and scuffed up on the exposed surfaces. No caulking was dome to finish out the trim work, and the placement of the trim was done wrong thereby scratching the face of the pocket door. They also did plumbing work from the water meter to all faucets. Again, workmanship was terrible. Apparently hooking up the hot and cold water lines to the faucets for the washer is hard to do, because they were reversed. The drain hookup on the utility sink was not done properly, there by causing flooding in the laundry room. They worked on the PVC drain pipes to the washer and sink (at my request) to fix the slow drainage for the washer (backed up into the utility sink). After completely replacing all of the PVC drain pipes, the back up is even worse. They claim to have a licensed plumber on staff according to their website, but you never see that person on the job. Even worse, when they covered up the trenches dug for the new PVC water main to the house, they dumped the old metal plumbing pipes into the ditch along side the PVC pipes, instead of taking them away. They were happy to take the old copper pipes for recycling though.
Additionally, I find it interesting that the vast majority of the responses from GRC on this review page are only thanking people for their glowing reviews! Including the "review" Laurie gives herself as an employee (or part owner) in GRC, then GRC staff thank her for that nice review - really? That brings the validity of all the positive reviews into question. Lastly, I see others have stated that they were asked for money before the job was finished as well. We paid the large deposit up front (we agreed to), ostensibly to cover the materials. Michael asked for more money to be paid during the installation, prior to completing the job. When he brings a gun to the jobsite (my home), swears like a sailor at his wife and employees, it really makes you regret ever stopping by their nice booth at the Puyallup Home Show. The experience we had was nothing like this company presents itself at the Home Show booth. Before hiring this company, ask for references, then interview the references. read more